Questions tagged [markup]

about logical markup (the logical identification of text elements) in LaTeX.

Markup instructions are commands that are associated with certain structural elements of a document. They form an integral part of the LaTeX language. A large selection is predefined in the kernel and the main packages, but users may also define custom markup commands to be able to identify certain elements of their documents logically.

The prototype markup instruction is \emph to emphasize a portion of text - oftentimes confused with the \textit macro, which is not a markup instruction. Canonical examples are the \section macro, the proof environment or \tableofcontents.

A staring point to the subject can be found here: Separate content from formatting - i.e., "just type".

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LaTeX mark-up as a generic mark-up language

Tremendous benefits can accrue, if TeX-like mark-up could be used in lieu of html and its variants, where a requirement exists to have a document both as (All)TeX mark-up and html format. There are benefits both ways. For (All)TeX a browser…
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Light markup languages for TeX users

I was wondering if people could share their experience with various mark up languages. In particular, I am interested in situations for which you consider light markups preferable to TeX. I am also interested in the level of TeX output support by…
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An environment which parses periods differently to redefine their behavior

I have a collection of documents that I want to read into a LaTeX environment. The problem is that these documents are not exactly formatted the way I would like. I would like to create an environment which for the duration of the environment…
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Is there a blog engine which can work directly with posts written with LaTeX markup?

I several times have searched without success for a blogging engine which accepts posts written in LaTeX markup. For this application, I have no interest in the ability of LaTeX to typeset mathematical formulae, nor is it necessary that the engine…
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How to check if different markups give identical output

Is there a way to check if markups give identical outputs? As a rather silly example, how could I check if these look the same on a pdf? \mathop{\text{cos}} \cos
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Set global replacement macros

There are ways to set global style. But how about add user define code? If the use of the following summation notation is expected to appear for countless times: \sum_{i=1}^n \lim\limits_{t\rightarrow -\infty} Is there any way to user-define this…
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